Twitter User Got Legal Letters from Xiaxue’s Lawyers & Proceeded to Tweet About It 2 Months Later

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George Yang
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Before the Dee Kosh saga, do you remember the Xiaxue saga?

Yes, the whole hoo-ha with her occurred when we were trying to understand what the East Coast Plan was, and whether Jamus Lim was going to be Nicole-Seah-ed.

Fast forward to September and PAP is now still in power, everyone’s eyes are on Dee Kosh and Xiaxue has been awfully quiet about her friend Dee Kosh.

But whatever has happened in July has just come back…for legal reasons.

Twitter User Got Legal Letters from XiaXue’s Lawyers & Proceeded to Tweet About It 2 Months Later

Lest you’ve forgotten, a group of people allegedly tried to cancel Xiaxue, which led to her educating us about the cancel culture.

In a plot twist, her friend Dee Kosh was cancelled instead but let’s leave that for another article.

Instead, Xiaxue continued to create contents, although she’s made her Twitter and blog private.

Also, back in July, she has filed a harassment suit against the “mob”, and successfully gotten two expedited protection orders (EPOs) from the court.

She’s not revealed who those people are.

An expedited protection order is like a protection order, and a protection order “is a court order made under section 12 of the POHA against a harasser to stop harassing/stalking the victim and/or remove any publication that is the cause of harassment.”

The only difference is that an expedited protection order is “an urgent intervention”, so there’s no need for filing of millions of papers and going to court to get the protection order.

However, it should be noted that an “EPO is a temporary order that will automatically expire after 28 days or on the first day of the PO hearing, whichever is earlier, unless it is extended by the Court on the application by the victim or any person to whom the protection order applies.”

Which, well, suddenly makes a little sense in this story, doesn’t it?

If this is still confusing, let’s put it this way: you hate Goody Feed and went around telling others that Goody Feed employs 1-month-old babies to write its article. Goody Feed could’ve get a PO to stop you, but it might be too late as your post gets viral very faster, especially when Goody Feed’s articles do seem like it’s written by babies.

So Goody Feed gets a EPO against you, and if the judge grants it, you cannot write anything about Goody Feed in your social media accounts.

Boss: That sounds good. Can we get an EPO for everyone in Singapore?

Well, no: Certain conditions need to be fulfilled before the Judge will grant an EPO.

So, what happened here?

A Twitter user has come out to say this:

The entire story comes in 7 tweets, so here’s what she’s written when they’re all combined together:

Hi everyone.

On the evening of 21 July 2020, I was served with papers by DC LAW, who act for Xiaxue, informing me that Xiaxue has successfully applied for an Expedited Protection Order against me.

Without going into too much details, let’s just say that, as a 21-year old student with no prior legal experience, being served with voluminous papers and court orders was not a pleasant experience.

A few days later, I was served with a further set of papers, informing me that Xiaxue had successfully applied for an Interim Stop Publication Order against me.

I then engaged the services of Eugene Thuraisingam LLP to act on my behalf in relation to both these matters.

I would like to put on record my appreciation to

@ET_LLP Eugene Thuraisingam for agreeing to act for me on a pro-bono basis.

Before the first PTC, XX’s solicitors took out a summons application to ask that the Expedited Protection Order be extended. My lawyers resisted this application, as they found it to be unmeritorious. In the midst of the hearing, Xiaxue’s solicitors withdrew the application.

As such, both of these orders have since lapsed. However, the proceedings are still ongoing as Xiaxue still seeks a Protection Order and a Stop Publication Order against me.

It has been a wild ride, but I am doing okay. Thank you all so much for your support and the kindness that you have extended to me along the way. I am forever indebted to all of you.

To simplify everything, let’s use the Goody Feed example again.

So the EPO has expired, and now, you can continue to claim that Goody Feed pays babies $1 to write a 2,000-word article.

Which is why the Twitter user can now write about Xiaxue.

But…Goody Feed want to extend the EPO, and that was resisted by your lawyer. Goody Feed then proceeded to apply for the normal Protection Order and Stop publication order (SPO).

A normal Protection Order has no expiry date, and a Stop publication order (SPO) is basically an order by the court to “stop publishing a false statement, or any substantially similar statement, within a specified time.”

So if Goody Feed gets both orders, you can no longer claim that the company engage babies.

But unlike EPOs, it’ll take longer to get the orders.

This is the stage that Xiaxue and the Twitter user are at now.

Xiaxue has since responded in her Instagram Story with this: Lol joke of the day. Wanna attack people then play victim when there are consequences. So I’m supposed to be let you punch me relentlessly and not fight back is it?

So what’s going to happen next?

God knows but all you need to know is that it’s good to be lawyers nowadays.

Anyways, Xiaxue currently has a PO against Facebook Page SMRT Feedback. Goody Feed is trying to get a PO against everyone in Singapore.

Watch this for a complete summary of what REALLY happened to Qoo10, and why it's like a K-drama:

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